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The Rapids Above Niagara, 1886. Etching in brown on cream laid paper.
Etching in brown on cream laid paper · Image/plate: 15 × 20.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Rapids Above Niagara
- Artist
- Thomas Moran American, born England, 1837-1926
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- Etching in brown on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 15 × 20.4 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 31 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1837–1926
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.